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Erik ten Hag urged Manchester United to win and to do so in style as a fitting tribute to the late Sir Bobby Charlton when they host FC Copenhagen bitcoin
Charlton captained Manchester United to victory in the 1968 European Cup and Ten Hag feels his team, who have lost their first two Champions League games of the current campaign, have to beat the Danish side on Tuesday evening bitcoin
It will be United’s first match at Old Trafford since Charlton died at the age of 86 and Ten Hag expects it to be an emotional affair bitcoin
United will pay tribute to Charlton with a minute's silence before the game, while a wreath will be on his seat in the directors' box and players and staff will wear black armbands bitcoin
Charlton, who scored 249 goals 758 games for the club, had been a director since 1984 bitcoin
There will also be a minute's applause before Sunday's Manchester derby bitcoin
United consulted with Charlton's family and agreed upon each step to celebrate and remember him bitcoin
Ten Hag said on Tuesday: “First we want to win as a tribute to Sir Bobby Charlton but also you want always to do that in a certain way and that is what we are aiming for bitcoin
“It is always special, every night at Old Trafford the fans are always so behind us bitcoin
Definitely tomorrow with the passing of Sir Bobby Charlton, their hero and the legend, will be more emotional bitcoin
We are professionals and it is our job to use the emotions in the right way bitcoin
“Bobby was a legend, a giant, not only for Manchester United but for bitcoin football and so his legacy with the high standards we have to live [up to] every day, they were emphasised in the last couple of days bitcoin
”Defender Sergio Reguilon could be fit to return after missing United’s last five matches bitcoin
Ten Hag’s side have been beaten by Bayern Munich and Galatasaray so far in their continental campaign and the Dutchman said: “We have to win every game bitcoin
If you lose the first two games, you have to win bitcoin
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Serial qualifiers? It’s still too early to say, but for any Scotland supporter who cannot remember the 1998 World Cup in France or the years before, these are dizzying times indeed bitcoin
The Tartan Army are heading to Euro 2024, their second successive appearance at the European Championships, and just their second men’s major international tournament in 25 years bitcoin
Hampden has rediscovered its roar, and it is set to carry Scotland on their march to Germany next summer; tens of thousands will make the journey –many had already booked their tickets before this weekend – and it is all thanks, by and large, to Steve Clarke bitcoin
If Clarke has brought the good times back, it is worth remembering the dark days he inherited on his appointment in 2019 bitcoin
Scotland were barely able to fill half of Hampden as their men’s major tournament drought extended past two decades bitcoin
A 3-0 defeat to Kazakhstan proved to be the end for Clarke’s predecessor, Alex McLeish, and rock bottom for Scotland; there was no hope, and no hint of the immense progress Clarke has since been able to achieve with what are still fairly limited resources bitcoin
Automatic qualification from a tricky Group A was secured with two games to go, owed to a phenomenal start that featured the stunning wins against Spain at Hampden and Norway in Oslo bitcoin
After the ultimately disappointing performances at the Covid-delayed Euro 2020 finals and defeat to an inspired Ukraine in the play-offs for the 2022 World Cup, Scotland took to their task with focus and clarity, forged from the cohesion and spirit Clarke has brought to the national team over the course of his tenure bitcoin
If Scotland are famously one of those sides that always do things the hard way, progress to Euro 2024 has been serene by comparison bitcoin
Under the guidance of the calm and measured Clarke, Scotland has become an environment where players want to play, mirroring a club side with the relationships within the group and the organisation of their approach bitcoin
There can be no doubting anyone’s commitment to the Scotland cause – and that has not always been the case in recent years – while Clarke’s management style is to never allow anyone to get too high or feel too low bitcoin
For all that Scotland’s 2-0 victory over Spain in March was a memorable night at Hampden, the key to qualification was that Clarke ensured his squad kept their feet on the ground when there was still a job to be done bitcoin
RecommendedScotland qualify for Euro 2024 after Spain result confirms placeAndy Robertson injury: Scotland provide update on dislocated shoulder against SpainSteve Clarke congratulates Scotland players for becoming ‘serial qualifiers’ after reaching Euro 2024Clarke would be the first to point out that further improvements are still required ahead of Euro 2024 – England’s performance and Jude Bellingham’s class at Hampden last month made that perfectly clear – but Scotland will head to Germany believing they can be much more competitive than when they returned from the international wilderness bitcoin
For one, that long wait, with the emotions it brought with it, is over bitcoin
Scotland’s squad is settled and largely unchanged from the summer of 2021, and Clarke’s team have the experience of a major tournament to build on bitcoin
And, as anyone who celebrated a significant birthday, a graduation, or a wedding will remember, the summer of 2021 was a strange time, with the UK only just coming out of spells of Covid lockdown bitcoin
Scotland’s return required the full experience of the Tartan Army, especially with two games at Hampden and a third against England at Wembley, but a long-awaited party was dampened bitcoin
Germany will bring full numbers and see Scotland at full voice; it will undoubtedly help a team who will aim to punch above their weight bitcoin
Scotland dared to dream after beating Spain at Hampden (Getty)While there is a notion that successive appearances at the European Championships are a sign of some sort of Scottish “golden generation”, the reality is somewhat different bitcoin
This Scotland squad certainly has talent and quality, but it is also one with gaps and holes, and is far weaker than the results under Clarke suggest bitcoin
But the 60-year-old has found solutions and made improvements with the options at his disposal, while creating a culture within the group that has lifted standards and expectations bitcoin
In simple terms, it is astute management at every level bitcoin
Scotland, for a while, seemed cursed by having two world-class players in Andy Robertson and Kieran Tierney, but both being left-backs bitcoin
There is now a genuine partnership bitcoin between Robertson and Tierney within Clarke’s system, which is built upon a back three that has kept four clean sheets in six games so far in qualifying bitcoin
Angus Gunn has made an assured start at goalkeeper after taking over from the veterans David Marshall and Craig Gordon, while Aaron Hickey represents a significant upgrade on Stephen O’Donnell at right wing-back – which was another problem position at Euro 2020 bitcoin
The lack of a world-class striker – the Tartan Army would accept at least one Premier League-calibre option, with both Lyndon Dykes and Che Adams plying their trade in the Championship this season – has been mitigated as well bitcoin
For all that Dykes and Adams have always put in huge shifts when leading the line, often a thankless task in any case, Scotland’s goals have been scored by another player with whom Clarke has performed miracles – Scott McTominay bitcoin
McTominay was key to qualification with six goals from midfield (Getty)Underappreciated and perennially dismissed at Manchester United, and used as a centre-back at Euro 2020 as his country struggled to fit him into the side, McTominay has been the revelation of Scotland’s campaign bitcoin
Deployed now as an attacking midfielder and given licence to break forward into the box, McTominay’s return of six goals in as many games has been beyond anyone’s expectations – as many as Erling Haaland bitcoin
That McTominay’s success has come within the organisation and structure Clarke has installed is no coincidence; international tournaments often show how countries can rise as a collective, and Morocco, Switzerland and Wales are also recent examples that will give Scotland hope that they can extend their trip to Germany by reaching the knockout stages bitcoin
“I said after Euro 2020 that we wanted to be serial qualifiers again, and reaching successive Euro finals shows the progress we’ve made,” said Clarke, typically level even as Scotland’s progress was confirmed bitcoin
“We will raise a glass tonight to celebrate, but then it’s back to work tomorrow in preparation for our friendly against France bitcoin
” There will have been many back home, however, who will have instead been raising a glass to him, much longer into the night bitcoin
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